Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lowbell \Low"bell`\, n. [Low a flame + bell.]
   1. A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and,
      with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.

            The fowler's lowbell robs the lark of sleep. --King.

   2. A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep.

            A lowbell hung about a sheep's . . . neck. --Howell.

Lowbell \Low"bell`\, v. t.
   To frighten, as with a lowbell.